Volume CXLII, No. 19 Since 1866, Daily Since 1891WEDNESDAY, FEBR UAR Y 21, 2007WEDNESDAY, FEBR UAR Y 21, 2007

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

UCS code change would standardize student activities fee debates

A proposed change to the code of the Undergraduate Council of Stu-dents, if approved, would make it the responsibility of the chair of the UCS student activities commit-tee to decide whether to petition for an increase in the student ac-tivities fee at the start of each fall semester.

The measure, on which UCS is expected to vote at its general body meeting tonight, is an attempt to simplify discussions about raising the student activities fee. The top-ic has sparked furious debate on campus in the past, most recently

this November, when a UCS reso-lution to petition the University Resources Committee for a $13 in-crease in the fee failed by a narrow margin.

Student Activities Committee Chair Hugh Livengood ’07 wrote the code change and will present it at tonight’s meeting. He said a reg-ular evaluation of fee raises is nec-essary because costs for student clubs are consistently increasing due to infl ation.

“The worry that I had is that it would fall by the wayside,” he said. Livengood added that he was not concerned about getting the code

BY MICHAEL BECHEKSENIOR STAFF WRITER

Williams ’72 avoids jail time after source admits leak

Colorado attorney Troy Eller-man admitted Feb. 14 to leaking grand jury transcripts to Lance Williams ’72 and Mark Fainaru-Wada, co-authors of the book “Game of Shadows.”

In response to Ellerman’s plea, federal prosecutors dropped the subpoena that threatened to put the writers in jail for failing to identify the source of the sealed testimony on which they based much of their book.

Williams and Fainaru-Wada were sentenced to 18 months in prison for contempt of court last September and were appeal-

ing the decision when Ellerman admitted to the leak and pled guilty to obstructing justice last week.

Williams and Fainaru-Wada, investigative reporters for the San Francisco Chronicle, re-fused to comply with the Jus-tice Department’s demand that they reveal their source for doc-uments that included testimo-nies of steroid use from base-ball players Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffi eld and sprinter Tim Montgomery. Wil-liams and Fainaru-Wada’s book,

BY PETER CIPPARONESPORTS EDITOR

Brown students protest Iraq war at Kennedy’s offi ce

PAWTUCKET — Military fami-lies and other demonstrators — including members of Brown’s anti-war group, Operation Iraqi Freedom — Tuesday called on Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., to help end the Iraq war by voting to defund it, holding a vigil in and around his offi ce in Pawtucket.

The vigil is slated to contin-ue through Thursday and will be paired with a smaller demon-stration at the offi ce of Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., tomorrow. Ken-nedy’s district includes Brown’s campus.

The protest is intended to en-

BY ALEX ROEHRKASSECONTRIBUTING WRITER

5-year doctoral support program raises concerns

The fi ve-year doctoral support plan to be introduced by the Graduate School next semester is causing some uncertainty among graduate students about whether funding will be available to students who study for longer than fi ve years. A number of grad students, particu-larly in the history department, are concerned that if their tenure at the University extends into a sixth or even seventh year, they will be unable to secure the funding neces-sary to complete their studies.

Beginning in the fall, the new plan will guarantee a support pack-age to all incoming doctoral stu-dents and all students already on campus in years one to fi ve, ac-cording to Sheila Bonde, dean of the Graduate School. The package will guarantee a stipend of $18,000 for doctoral students who become teaching assistants, research as-sistants or enter into fellowships. It will also guarantee health insur-ance and tuition remission, Bonde said.

The new policy expands and formalizes the support program already at Brown, in many cases extending the amount of time that students are funded, Bonde said. “Most students at Brown don’t have a letter guaranteeing them fi ve years of aid, so this is an add-on — it’s a good thing,” Bonde said.

The plan for doctoral support makes the University competitive with its peer institutions, Bonde said. “Five years (of support) is pretty extraordinary,” she said.

Among schools such as the Uni-versity of Chicago and the other

BY OLIVER BOWERSSENIOR STAFF WRITER

News tips: herald@browndailyherald.com195 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Islandwww.browndailyherald.com

U. recruiting former Duke lacrosse player

Reade Seligmann, one of three for-mer Duke University lacrosse play-ers facing sexual offense and kid-napping charges stemming from conduct at a party last spring, is be-ing recruited as a transfer student by the men’s lacrosse team.

Head Coach Lars Tiffany ’90 confi rmed that Brown is recruiting Seligmann.

“Yes, he is interested in Brown University, and we are recruiting him,” Tiffany said. Due to NCAA recruiting regulations, Tiffany said he could not provide any further comment.

Seligmann is a 2004 graduate of the Delbarton School, a private preparatory school in New Jersey. Three former Delbarton lacrosse players currently play for Brown.

Seligmann and teammates Col-lin Finnerty and David Evans were

initially charged with raping an ex-otic dancer last March. That charge has since been dropped, and all three have consistently denied all charges in the case.

“It’s impossible. It’s impossible for it to have happened,” Seligmann told CBS’ Ed Bradley on “60 Min-utes” in an Oct. 15, 2006 interview.

Seligmann’s lawyer, J. Kirk Os-born, told the New York Times in April that he had “irrefutable, inde-pendent evidence” — including re-cords of cell phone calls, an ATM transaction and a time-coded dormi-tory entry card — that Seligmann was not at the party when the inci-dent allegedly occurred, the Times reported on Apr. 20, 2006.

Durham County District Attor-ney Mike Nifong, who has come under heavy criticism for his han-dling of the case, dropped the rape charge in December after the ac-cuser changed key details of her story.

The North Carolina State Bar fi led charges of professional mis-conduct against Nifong last month for his role in prosecuting the case. Nifong has been accused of with-holding DNA evidence from the de-fense as well as other ethical viola-tions. Nifong asked to be removed from the case, which is now in the hands of special prosecutors in the North Carolina Attorney General’s Offi ce.

Seligmann and Finnerty were placed on interim suspension by Duke for the Spring 2006 semester following their indictment and were put on administrative leave for the fall semester. Duke President Rich-ard Brodhead reinstated both Selig-mann and Finnerty last month, mak-ing it possible for them to return to class and the lacrosse team for this semester. At this time, neither stu-dent has returned to Duke.

Seligmann could not be reached for comment.

BY ZACHARY CHAPMANSENIOR STAFF WRITER

M U R A L N O M O R E

Chris Bennett / HeraldTwo signs mark the stretch of hallway in Faunce House that formerly displayed a colorful mural.

continued on page 4

continued on page 8

continued on page 8

Chris Bennett/ HeraldA group of demonstrators visited the Pawtucket offi ce of Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., in order to encourage him to vote against additional funding for the war in Iraq.

SPORTS

continued on page 4

UCHICAGO WON’T DIVESTThe University of Chicago will not divest from Sudan, according to former Brown provost and new UChicago President Robert Zimmer

FISTFIGHT TOPS LOGA fi stfi ght between friends resulted in a call to DPS last Friday, but neither individu-al was injured

DIS-ORIENTATIONPaul Monnes ’08 chimes in from the Netherlands and la-ments the many changes the University has planned for Orientation

3CAMPUS WATCH

7CAMPUS NEWS

11OPINIONS

INSIDE:

GRAPPLERS STUN LIONSThe wrestling team posted the maximum number of points in its two fi nal matches against Columbia to pull out the victory

12SPORTS

WBF | Matt Vascellaro

How to Get Down | Nate Saunders

Deo | Daniel Perez

Deep Fried Kittens | Cara FitzGibbon

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

Editorial Phone: 401.351.3372Business Phone: 401.351.3260

Eric Beck, President

Mary-Catherine Lader, Vice President

Ally Ouh, Treasurer

Mandeep Gill, Secretary

The Brown Daily Herald (USPS 067.740) is an independent newspaper serving the Brown

University community since 1891. It is published Monday through Friday during the aca-

demic year, excluding vacations, once during Commencement, once during Orientation and

once in July by The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. POSTMASTER please send corrections to POSTMASTER please send corrections to POSTMASTERP.O. Box 2538, Providence, RI 02906. Periodicals postage paid at Providence, R.I. Offi ces are

located at 195 Angell St., Providence, R.I. E-mail herald@browndailyherald.com. World Wide

Web: http://www.browndailyherald.com. Subscription prices: $319 one year daily, $139 one

semester daily. Copyright 2007 by The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. All rights reserved.

SilentPenny Soundbite | Brian Elig

Chocolate Covered Cotton | Mark Brinker

ACROSS1 “Return of the

Jedi” creature5 Its symbol is Fe9 Bonzo, for one

14 Zoologist Fossey15 Diamond of

song16 Navel formation17 Speak frankly

about20 2002 skating

gold medalistYagudin

21 The GreenHornet’s sidekick

22 Word after miny23 Hwys., e.g.24 Less-nutritious

juice alternative26 Like arias28 Borrower

investigator33 Pro wrestling

move36 Hint of color37 Monomaniacal

captain38 Brainy41 Load of dough42 Hubbubs44 Made an error46 Dapper Dan49 Gaiety50 ABA member51 Answer to a

minister54 Intention57 Electrically

flexible59 Play charades61 1970s cop show64 Knot that’s easily

loosened65 Island off

Tuscany66 Make off with67 Op-ed column,

e.g.68 “Buenos __”69 Warsaw Treaty

Org. member

DOWN1 Tarzan creator

__ RiceBurroughs

2 Brandish3 Hall’s music

partner

4 Fort with lots ofbars

5 Nonbelievers6 Olds classic7 Swine squeal8 Braves’ div.9 Macaroon

flavoring10 “Whazzat?”11 Agenda entry12 Japanese

soybean paste13 Folk singer

Seeger18 Phobias19 Broadway

souvenir25 Relatively

odorless cheese27 Beef producer?28 Mechanically

enhancedperson

29 Likeness30 Geraint’s love31 Scopes Trial gp.32 State Sch. of

Mines andMetallurgy, now

33 Upside-downsleepers

34 “Yikes!”

35 Bit of baby talk39 Artist Bonheur40 Mexican

munchies43 Flamboyant45 Return with47 Blackjack need48 Made redder,

maybe51 Smidgens52 Avoids a blow, in

a way

53 Different54 Stadium in

Queens55 “How sweet __!”56 Dojo

accessories58 City SW of

Bogotá60 “Giselle” garb62 HDTV maker63 Sports org. since

6/6/1946

By Doug Peterson(c)2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc.(c)2007 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 2/21/07

2/21/07

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

xwordeditor@aol.com

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

M E N U

C R O S S W O R D

S U D O K U

TODAYW E A T H E R

partly cloudy41 / 27

rain / snow40 / 23

TODAY TOMORROW

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007PAGE 2

SHARPE REFECTORY

LUNCH — Falafel in a Pita, Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Sandwich, Caulifl ower, Black and White Pudding Cake, Frosted Cookie Squares

DINNER — Sweet and Sour Vegetable Stir Fry, Baked Stuffed Pollock, Vegan Lentil Chili, Savory Spinach, Zucchini, Carrot and Garlic Medley, Strawberry Jello, Whipped Cream Strawberry Torte

VERNEY-WOOLLEY DINING HALL

LUNCH — Beef Pot Pie, Vegetarian Cheese Soup, Ham and Bean Soup, Vegan Roasted Vegetable Burritos, Mexican Corn, Frosted Cookie Squares

DINNER — Turkey Pie with Cornbread, Stir Fry Vegetables with Tofu, Smashed Sweet Potatoes, Whole Green Beans, Stewed Tomatoes, Hearth Bread, Whipped Cream Strawberry Torte

CAMPUS WATCH WATCH WTHE BROWN DAILY HERALDWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 PAGE 3

UChicago won’t divest from Sudan, seeks alternatives

Bucking a recent trend among wealthy American universities, the University of Chicago has decided not to divest its endowment from companies with business in Sudan, its new president, ex-Brown pro-vost Robert Zimmer, announced Feb. 2.

UChicago also announced the establishment of a $200,000 fund to fi nance faculty and student ini-tiatives that seek other solutions to the Darfur confl ict and similar international crises that may arise in the future.

This decision comes after a se-ries of announcements by nearly 35 other universities in the past several years — among them the eight Ivy League schools and Stan-ford — pledging to eliminate any fi nancial ties to the Sudanese re-gime because of its involvement with the ongoing genocide in the country’s Darfur region.

UChicago’s board of trustees ultimately decided not to divest, after discussing the issue in four separate meetings, according to a memo from Zimmer to student advocates and university offi cials. “On the one hand, there is some sympathy for the divestment po-sition, although those in favor of this direction comprise a clear mi-nority of those involved in discus-sions,” the memo read.

UChicago’s chapter of Students Take Action Now: Darfur has been actively working to convince the university to divest, drafting a pe-tition signed by more than 1,500 students and 110 faculty mem-bers and organizing protests, said Michael Pareles, the STAND co-chair.

Pareles, a UChicago senior, told The Herald that students pro-tested on the steps of the admin-istration building to pressure the administration to set a timeline for a conclusive decision on divest-ment. Their motto was “Nobody does nothing like the University of Chicago.”

“I’m making my speech into a bull-horn, and President Zimmer walks out,” Pareles said. “He an-nounced, ‘You’ll have a decision

within a week.’ A week turned into the next day.”

Brown divested its endowment from Sudan while Zimmer was pro-vost. In February 2006, the Brown University Community Council, of which Zimmer was a member, unanimously voted in favor of di-vestment. The fi nal decision to di-vest was made by the Brown Cor-poration, of which the provost is not a member.

Then-Vice President for Cam-pus Life and Student Services David Greene, who is now UChi-cago’s vice president for strategic initiatives, also voted in favor of di-vestment while on the BUCC.

“We sent Zimmer a letter say-ing ‘we know you voted for divest-ment at Brown, we hope you’ll do the same here,’” Pareles said. “The fi rst thing he said to us was ‘UChi-cago is not Brown.’ ”

A policy of neutralityZimmer justifi ed UChicago’s

decision by invoking a long-stand-ing policy of university abstention from all social and political action in the name of maintaining free and open discourse.

The neutrality policy originates from the Kalven Report, which was published by a 1967 faculty committee as a response to the Vietnam War. It stipulates that UChicago must remain neutral in all social and political confl ict in order to ensure that students and faculty can openly “sustain an ex-traordinary environment of free-dom of inquiry.”

In deliberations regarding di-vestment from Sudan, UChicago’s chapter of STAND argued that the genocide in Darfur falls under the report’s “exceptional instance” clause, which specifi es that cer-tain situations require the univer-sity to take a stance and act. “In the exceptional instance,” the re-port says, “corporate activities of the university may appear so in-compatible with paramount social values as to require careful assess-ment of the consequences.”

The Kalven Report’s last living signatory, Duke history professor John Hope Franklin, issued a state-ment last November in support of STAND, saying that “the desper-

ate situation in Darfur is so tragic that it qualifi es as the exceptional instance where I have no diffi culty in concluding that divestment is consistent with the core values of our report and the mission of the university.”

Pareles told The Herald that STAND held a rally announcing Franklin’s endorsement, but there was little administrative response.

“What were they going to say? It wasn’t about putting pressure on the university. At that point it was still a debate about the values of the university,” Pareles said. “We were still in an ideological dialogue. The purpose of the campaign was to win the argument ideological-ly, which we did ... reaching the threshold of the Kalven Report doesn’t just give the university the option to act but creates the moral imperative to do so.”

The Kalven Report was also in-voked in the 1980s when UChica-go was one of a few colleges and universities to reject divestment from the South African apartheid regime.

However, according to univer-sity administrators, UChicago’s refusal to divest is not a complete refusal to act in support of ending the genocide in Darfur.

Greene said UChicago’s board

BY HANNAH LEVINTOVASTAFF WRITERMedia giant Gannett buys 2nd student newspaper

Gannett Co. purchased the University of Central Florida’s independent student newspaper last Tuesday in the publishing conglomerate’s sec-ond purchase of a Florida student newspaper in as many years.

The Central Florida Future, which publishes three times a week with a circulation of 15,000, became fi nancially independent of the univer-sity in 1992 and was bought in 2001 by two Florida businessmen, who turned the student newspaper into a for-profi t business.

Gannett — which owns the USA Today, the newspaper with the nation’s largest circulation, as well as almost 1,000 other newspapers — bought the Future for an undisclosed amount, according to the Or-lando Sentinel. Along with its purchase of UCF’s student newspaper, Gannett bought two other small central Florida publications owned by the same men.

Last year, Gannett bought Florida State University’s independent student newspaper, FSView & Florida Flambeau, in the fi rst purchase of an independent student newspaper by a major media company.

Despite concerns about how corporate control of a student news-paper might affect editorial decisions, media experts told Inside High-er Ed, an online higher education news source, and the Sentinel that the purchases likely don’t refl ect a trend because, unlike most student newspapers, FSU and UCF’s newspapers were previously bought by local businessmen and turned into for-profi t enterprises.

— Ross Frazier

U. Missouri newspaper to sue over funding cuts

The weekly student newspaper at the University of Missouri-Rolla will sue the university after its budget was cut by about one-third last No-vember.

The school’s student council, which controls funding for student ac-tivities, cut the Missouri Miner’s budget by more than $10,000, claim-ing the paper’s quality had been hindered by grammatically incorrect and biased content.

Campus administrators later approved the student council’s entire student activities budget. Editors at the Miner set a Feb. 19 deadline for administrators to restore funding in order to avoid a lawsuit.

Christopher Stryker, editor in chief of the Miner, told The Herald that administrators refused to restore the funding and that the paper would go forward with the suit.

According to a news release from the Student Press Law Center, an advocacy group helping the paper litigate its case, the paper’s issues have been cut down to between 14 and 16 pages instead of the previ-ous 22, and it can no longer afford to run as many color pages.

“We have been trying to work with the administration to resolve things, but it has begun to feel like we’re negotiating with a gun to our head,” Stryker told the Miner last week. “It doesn’t seem like we’re go-ing to get anything resolved with the processes we have been going through. We’ve tried to avoid it, but legal action is the only recourse we see left.”

— Ross Frazier

Dow Jones opens summer programs to white students after lawsuit

The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund will admit white students to its sum-mer journalism programs — previously offered only to minority stu-dents — as part of a settlement last week with an anti-affi rmative ac-tion group.

The fund is the non-profi t arm of Dow Jones & Company, which owns the Wall Street Journal, among other newspapers. It has run “summer minority workshops” at more than a dozen colleges for near-ly 40 years in order to draw minority students into journalism.

The federal lawsuit was fi led by the Center for Individual Rights last September on behalf of a 15-year-old Caucasian girl who was rejected from one of the programs because of her race. The suit claimed Dow Jones, Media General and Virginia Commonwealth University went beyond normal, legal affi rmative-action practices by prohibiting ad-mission of white students.

Originally, Dow Jones’ rules for the program stated, “each partici-pant must be a minority (defi ned as U.S. citizens who are black, His-panic, Asian or Pacifi c Islander, American Indian or Alaskan Native).” According to the CIR, Dow Jones once considered and apparently re-jected a proposal to admit a limited number of non-minority students to “improve multi-cultural understanding.”

As part of the settlement, Dow Jones must continue to fund the journalism programs for at least three more years, the student named in the lawsuit must be admitted to the program next summer and the three parties to the suit must pay CIR’s $25,000 in legal fees.

Terence Pell, CIR’s president, commended the parties for quickly settling. “The settlement saves the taxpayers signifi cant legal expense

and ensures that this summer’s programs will be open to all, regard-less of race,” he said in a news release.

— Ross Frazier

C A M P U S W A T C H I N B R I E F

www.browndai-lyherald.com

Courtesy of Inside BrownUniversity of Chicago President Robert Zimmer, formerly Brown’s provost

continued on page 5

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007PAGE 4

Ivy League universities, fi ve years of support has become standard, Bonde said. She said no peer insti-tution guarantees support beyond fi ve years.

The plan makes Brown more attractive to the best students and may be partially responsible for an increase in Grad School applicants this year, she said.

Paige Meltzer GS, a doctoral candidate in the history depart-ment who has expressed concerns about the program, agreed that it was a step forward for the Univer-sity. “(The program) is huge, it’s really fantastic for the Graduate School, fantastic for students and it’s really good for Brown overall,” Meltzer said.

Some students are not greatly affected by the existence of Grad School funding because they can more easily apply for external grants from organizations such as the National Science Foundation or the National Institute of Health, said Joseph Bush GS, president of the Graduate Student Council. “In applied fi elds such as engineering and the sciences, I think people are very satisfi ed because they are funded primarily due to the inher-ent value of their work towards in-dustry,” he wrote in an e-mail to The Herald.

Some students, though, have concerns about the program. In a Feb. 7 letter to the editor printed in The Herald, a number of students from the history department ar-gued that the average time to com-plete a degree in the department is six years and that “forcing a long and arduous process into merely

fi ve years would leave even less time for teaching assistants to de-vote their attentions to their under-graduate sections.”

A resolution passed by the Graduate Student Council earlier this month noted that the median total time to a degree for doctoral students is 7.9 years in the physical sciences and 10 years in the social sciences and that the University “expect(s) its graduate students to defy the national average by com-pleting all of their requirements within a fi ve-year period.”within a fi ve-year period.”wit

Eight doctoral candidates in the history department will be in their sixth year in the fall, and four of them have been unable to fi nd external funding in the form of grants, Meltzer said. She added that students in the American civi-lization, English and anthropology departments will also experience problems. “Those are just some of the departments I’ve spoken with one-on-one,” Meltzer said.

Bonde said the research done by departments on their grad stu-dents in a recent census tracking each student’s year level, academic progress and amount of funding re-quested for the upcoming semester has found that “there are relatively few sixth-year students out there … and a miniscule proportion in their seventh year,” Bonde said.

Once the new plan is imple-mented, some funds should also be available from the University to stu-dents after their fi fth year. Bonde said after the fi fth year depart-ments can make a case for students who are in good standing and need to continue into their sixth year.

Meltzer expressed concern with students in their sixth year com-

peting with their peers for limited funding. But Bonde said the census has enabled the Grad School to pre-dict exactly how many sixth-year students there will be and to set aside appropriate resources to fund them all. Because of the small num-ber of sixth- and seventh-year stu-dents, “this isn’t a crushing, press-ing problem,” Bonde said.

Bonde added that during the transition period when the new program is implemented, students who were expecting funding after their fi fth year will receive it.

“We’re quite aware that students who have been at Brown for some time may have formed some other expectations based on what they’ve heard from departments, and so we’re trying to take care of those students,” Bonde said.

Meltzer also expressed concern that students could not defer their fi ve-year support if they received a grant during their time at Brown. She said this policy gives students no incentive to apply for external funding. “Finding and applying for external funding is a really time-consuming process. It could take a good two months out of the aca-demic year, so why would you do it if you were going to lose funding for it anyway?” Meltzer said.

Though there is no offi cial pol-icy, students who gain external funding during their fi rst fi ve years will be at “the very top of the list” for funding in their sixth year, and the Grad School wants to ensure that students have incentives to ap-ply for grants, Bonde said. She add-ed that the ability to attract exter-nal funding is a skill students will need throughout their professional careers.

continued from page 1

New funding policy causes concern among grad students

“Game of Shadows,” sparked Major League Baseball’s inves-tigation into steroid use in the sport.

“It’s defi nitely a load off my mind not to fi gure I’m going to federal prison,” Williams told The Herald. “It was really a big-ger burden on my wife and kids because they worried and on my newspaper because they paid so much money in the legal bat-tle.”

Ellerman was deeply em-broiled in the confl ict surround-ing the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, a nutritional supple-ment lab that supplied Bonds and other professional athletes with designer steroids.

At different times during the controversy, Ellerman repre-sented BALCO’s founder Victor Conte and vice president James Valente. Conte served jail time, and Valente is on probation for his role in the steroid scandal. Af-ter pleading guilty, Ellerman was fi ned $250,000 and sentenced to up to two years in prison.

Despite Ellerman’s admis-sion, Williams still refuses to re-fer to his source by name, saying he and Fainaru-Wada “promised we would not betray them, and we’re sticking to that.”

Almost six months after be-ing sentenced to jail, Williams unexpectedly found himself off the hook.

“It was Valentine’s Day, and I was out getting my wife a bou-quet,” he said. “Then I got a call on my cell phone asking how it felt to have the charges dropped. I said ‘Well, if that’s true, it’s great.’ ”

Williams was especially re-lieved to have the charges dropped because he believed he was “at the mercy” of the court system. The writers were sched-uled to appear March 7 in front of the 9th Circuit Court of Ap-peals, a three-judge panel in Pas-adena, Calif.

If Williams and Fainaru-Wada had lost the decision, they likely would have continued the appeals process. The resolution not only keeps Williams from prison — it allows him to re-sume his career.

“My work has certainly been interrupted,” Williams said. “Since May, I’ve spent two days a week working on this. It’s been a big distraction for me and (Fainaru-Wada).”

Williams and Fainaru-Wada’s legal battle attracted attention across the country. Television networks and newspapers pub-

lished features and columns ad-dressing whether writers should be protected from revealing their confi dential sources, and groups have formed to argue for the protection of writers’ confi -dentiality, Williams said.

Lawmakers have also paid at-tention to the plight of the two reporters. Fainaru-Wada told the Chicago Sports Review that he and Williams met Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca-lif., who wrote a letter to Attor-ney General Alberto Gonzales on behalf of the two writers last December.

“I thought the attention from the press and lawmakers really changed the momentum of the case,” Williams said. “There was a fair amount of pressure brought by the national media and TV shows, so Mark (and I) were hopeful about the verdict.”

“I really think we need a shield law because the press doesn’t have any protection,” Williams said. “The Justice De-partment has no hesitation about prosecuting journalists like us. If people you are inter-viewing think they can be identi-fi ed, they’re not going to talk to you, so we have to get some con-fi dentiality.”

A shield law would protect members of the press from hav-ing to reveal the identities of their anonymous sources during legal proceedings.

Williams has become famous for his work in exposing the ste-roid scandal, but in the coming months he is looking forward to returning to his roots in investi-gative journalism.

“We still have to cover the whole Bonds steroids ordeal. And I hope to get back to it, but I’m not really a sports reporter, and I’d love to get back to writ-ing some other things too,” he said.

continued from page 1

Williams ’72 avoids jail time in grand jury leak

Courtesy of Brad ManginLance Williams ’72

CAMPUS NEWSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALDWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 PAGE 5

Thirty-nine juniors were elected earlier this month to membership in the Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic hon-ors organization.

To be considered for member-ship, juniors must have attended the University for fi ve semesters and re-ceived at least 17 A’s. The selection process is anonymous and based on students’ transcripts, and it takes into account the rigor of students’ academic programs. Students elect-ed to the society the previous year serve as electors for the next class.

Students may also be considered for membership in their senior year by a similar selection process that takes place in April.

Last year, 35 juniors were elected to the society.

— Debbie Lehmann

Thirty-nine juniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Upgrades to campus heating system planned

N E W S I N B R I E F

Facilities Management hopes to replace the entire high tempera-ture hot water distribution system north of Faunce House by Sep-tember this year as part of a $30 million project to upgrade the campus hot and chilled water networks and electrical duct banks.

“Facilities Management staff spends a lot of time fi xing things as they break,” said Courtney McCracken, project manager for Facili-ties Management. “You want to be fi xing things before they break. For the number of buildings at Brown, Facilities Management is ac-tually very small. Fixing the infrastructure should mean more time spent on preventative maintenance.”

The insulation on the heating system piping has begun to crack, McCracken said, leading to costly repairs. The leak last winter on the Main Green cost the University $300,000 to $350,000, The Her-ald reported last February.

The replacement piping will be of a nearly identical design but built with stronger materials, McCracken said. “It will be more mod-ern and more durable and could last as long as 75 to 100 years if it isn’t damaged,” he said.

Work on the system will not start until after Memorial Day, so most residence halls will be unoccupied while the changes are tak-ing place. But students living on Pembroke campus over the sum-mer may notice the construction work — the piping at Alumnae, Smith-Buonanno and Pembroke halls will be among the fi rst to be replaced.

The heating system includes three large boilers at the Central Heat Plant on Lloyd Avenue, where water is heated under pressure to approximately 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The water is then carried through a series of 12-inch tubes to local heating centers around the campus, which convert the water to 180 degrees Fahrenheit and channel it into various campus buildings. The water tubes, which were originally laid in the 1960s, are insulated within larger, 24-inch shells and buried under eight feet of earth.

—Andrew Kurtzman

Students briefl y lose Internet access Monday

All Internet connections in campus residence halls timed out Mon-day night due to a traffi c overload of unknown origin, according to Computing and Information Services offi cials.

Traffi c on the CPU that acts as the University’s Internet fi rewall peaked at 7:33 p.m. on Monday, causing all dormitory networks to operate at a much slower rate. Actions requiring Internet connec-tions were processed so slowly that Internet browsers and fi le shar-ing programs timed out, effectively disabling Internet access.

The connection was restored at 8:08 p.m., but CIS offi cials said they have not yet identifi ed the source of the problem.

Student use was not the cause of the overload, said Tim Thorp, manager of training and communications at CIS. He said possibilities include spam, hackers or a virus.

“Our network has the capacity to handle way more traffi c than we can produce as people,” Thorp said, adding that the incident is “un-der investigation.”

Junghyun Kim ’10 was using MSN Messenger to chat with his mother in South Korea at the time of the overload.

“Suddenly, the text was transferring really slowly,” he said. “I was completely logged out within seconds.”

Kim placed a call to the CIS Help Desk to report the Internet fail-ure, but when he was connected to an automated message about the network’s status, he got a surprising response: “All mainframe and network services are stable.”

Thorp said the Help Desk might not have been notifi ed at the time of Kim’s call or may have decided not to update the message since the downtime was so short.

Such incidents are rare, Thorp said, noting that Internet outages have been occurring less frequently over recent months than they have in the past.

—Chaz Firestone

Chris Bennett / HeraldFacilities Management will start a new phase of campus utility upgrades.

Catherine Louise Auriemma

Zachary Michael Beiley

Isaac Chaim Belfer

Jonathan Joseph Cannon

Joseph Edward Carpenter

Sanghoon Cha

Christine Eunjung Cho

Pratik Jain Chougule

Sara Tabak Damiano

Alexander Westby Dean

Larson Alan Di Fiori

Jordan Michael Elkind

Michael August Ennis

Benjamin Harris Ewing

Alan Ira Gabel

Julia Rebecca Green

Stephen John Greene

Alexandra Lavinia Heredea

Angela Hua

Andrew David Jacobs

Dale Jun

Yusuf Sami Kazi

Christopher Ryan Keys

Melissa Elizabeth Kline

David Raymond Zengo Kobayashi

Lily Shan-Shan Luo

Nadia Fishman Maccabee

Adam Benjamin Merberg

Pamela Marie Pelizzari

Jason Henry Portenoy

Jessica Alison Ratner

Amelia Magnani Rosenman

Kayleigh Marie Scalzo

Alexander Schrobenhauser-Clonan

Aaron Michael Stanton

Elizabeth Hannah Giencke Stern

Hope Rebecca Turner

Christopher Michael Wildenhain

Cynthia Ellen Wise

NE W ME M B E R S

happy birthdayw. h. auden

of trustees debated the effi cacy of divestment in comparison to other possible solutions that could be facilitated with the new $200,000 fund.

“The students came up with one solution — divestment. But is this the only thing to do? Is this the right thing?” Greene said. “The university can have a great impact, but it has that impact through the individual work of its faculty and students.”

Even considering the broad-est list of companies from which UChicago might divest, only sever-al hundred thousand dollars of the school’s nearly $5 billion endow-ment would be affected, Greene said. “The amount the university has invested in Sudan is minimal.”

Greene said he is expecting the fi rst round of proposals that uti-lize the fund to be proposed this month.

“We hope the fund will gener-ate some very creative ideas that might, in fact, have an impact on a situation like this,” Greene said. “I hope we end up putting more mon-ey into this fund because demand is so high.”

“I know the students decided some time ago that they would tell universities that the only accept-able response was divestment ... but their demand does not make other responses less legitimate,” wrote Larry Arbeiter, UChicago director of university communica-tions, in an e-mail to The Herald.

“It could be argued that con-crete support that allows some of our brightest minds to search for solutions to human rights abus-es may actually be more effec-tive over time than divesting of very small investments,” Arbeiter wrote.

But many students believe the action taken by UChicago is insuf-

fi cient. Scott Warren ’09, senior na-tional fi eld organizer for the Sudan Divestment Task Force and leader of the Brown chapter of STAND, said divestment is still the primary way universities can impede Suda-nese genocide.

“There are people dying every day, and to put $200,000 dollars to the side and say ‘this is our share’ is doing nothing,” Warren said.

Pareles said UChicago’s chap-ter of STAND plans to continue its efforts.

“Since the university refuses to be convinced through reason, we are going to have to try to con-vince them through force, shame or other means,” he said.

continued from page 3

UChicago won’t divest but seeks other alternatives

The following summary includes all major incidents reported to the De-partment of Public Safety between Feb. 9 and Feb. 15. It does not in-clude general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police De-partment also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information on open cases that are currently under in-vestigation by the department, the PPD or the Offi ce of Student Life. DPS maintains a daily log of all shift activity and general service calls which can be viewed during busi-ness hours at its headquarters, lo-cated at 75 Charlesfi eld St.

Friday, Feb. 9:4:50 p.m. DPS offi cers respond-

ed to a report of a vehicle with a smashed window on Williams and Thayer streets. Complainant reported that unknown persons smashed the passenger rear win-dow and stole the stereo from the car. There are no suspects or wit-nesses at this time.

11:46 p.m. A DPS offi cer inter-vened in a fi stfi ght between two male subjects at Patriots Court. It was found the two students had willingly arranged the altercation and were still friends. Both stu-dents were evaluated by Emergen-cy Medical Services due to minor injuries. The offi cer cleared the scene without further incident.

Saturday, Feb. 10:12:16 a.m. A DPS offi cer re-

sponded to a noise complaint at

Graduate Center. Upon arrival, the offi cer spoke with the occupant of a room who was having a small birthday party. The students were cooperative, and the offi cer cleared the scene without issue.

12:32 a.m. DPS offi cers re-sponded to a report of a stolen purse at Minden Hall. Complain-ant reported that she placed her purse under her coat while attend-ing a small party and said unknown persons removed her purse, which contained $25. There are no sus-pects or witnesses at this time.

1:25 a.m. DPS offi cers were re-quested to assist the PPD with an incident allegedly involving a stu-dent exhibiting disorderly conduct at a restaurant on Thayer Street.

Sunday, Feb. 11:2:27 a.m. A DPS offi cer re-

sponded to a noise complaint at Buxton House. Upon arrival, the offi cer found a small party with loud music playing. The party was dispersed without incident, and all were cooperative.

3:43 a.m. A DPS offi cer re-sponded to a report of loud mu-sic in Minden Hall. Upon arrival,

the offi cer found a student playing electric guitar. The student was co-operative and stopped playing the instrument without issue.

11:03 a.m. Reporting persons stated that students damaged a bathroom in Poland House, leaving pieces of a stall in the hallway.

6:59 p.m. Complainant report-ed that a known subject threw a beverage at her while she was sit-ting with friends in a restaurant on Thayer Street. The matter is being handled by the Offi ce of Student Life.

3:00 p.m. Complainant report-ed awakening in her room in Em-ery Hall at approximately 2 a.m. to fi nd an unknown male subject who smelled of an alcoholic substance kneeling near her bed. The subject then left the area in an unknown di-rection. The complainant was not threatened or harmed during this incident. DPS detectives are fol-lowing up on the incident.

Monday, Feb 12:9:15 p.m. Complainant reported

that he parked his vehicle on the street at about 1:30 p.m., and upon returning at about 9:15 p.m. he found the front passenger window smashed. There are no witnesses or suspects.

Planned fi stfi ght on Patriots Court among incidents reported last weekBY DEBBIE LEHMANNSENIOR STAFF WRITER

CRIME LOG

entertained Harvard in front of a large home crowd on Senior Night. The fi rst period of the game saw lots of scoring from both teams as Brown and Har-vard traded goals three separate times in the fi rst 20 minutes to leave the score locked at 3-3 go-ing into the intermission.

The second period was less exciting in terms of scoring, but Brown did manage to earn a tem-porary lead on an even-strength situation, when McMonagle beat the Harvard goalie with a back-hander. With 1:21 left before the break, however, Harvard evened up the score on yet another pow-er-play goal.

The Crimson notched two consecutive goals within 52 sec-onds of one another — one on ther — one on ta power-play and the second at even strength — to build a 6-4 lead with 9:03 left in the game.

Even though time was run-ning out on them, the Bears charged back in front of the home crowd. Robertson took matters into his own hands, scor-ing a power-play goal from the point with less than fi ve minutes left. Vokes and Poli both earned assists on the tally.

Rosen, who recorded 25 saves in the contest, was then pulled from the net, and Brown was awarded another power play. With time quickly slipping away, captain and forward Sean Der-sch ’07 won an offensive zone face off and slid the puck back to Robertson at the point. Rob-ertson passed the puck laterally to Hurley, and he blasted a slap shot through the Crimson goal-

ie with only 12 seconds left in the period to even the score at 6-6, where it stayed through theovertime period.

“I really want to thank our fans,” Poli said. “They have been great all this year and were huge on Saturday. They stuck around until the end of the game and were loud and encouraging. They gave us a great atmosphere to play in, and their support resonat-ed on the bench and in the locker room and kept us motivated and inspired. They were a big part of our tying the game, actually.”

After Saturday’s game, the team’s three seniors, Dersch, Ihnacak and assistant captain Antonin Roux ’07 were honored for their leadership and positive contributions throughout their careers.

“I know I speak for the whole team when I say that we really appreciate all that Tony, Sean and Inner have done this year,” Poli said. “They were great lead-ers and great teammates both on and off the ice.”

The team will hit the road next weekend, rounding out its season to face Rensselaer Poly-technic Institute on Friday night and Union College on Saturday night. If everything breaks right for the Bears in the fi nal regu-lar season series, they still have an outside shot to host the fi rst round of the ECACHL playoffs.

“I think we all really want to do enough to get back at home for the playoffs,” Poli said. “Our fans are great, and with them, Brown would be a tough place to play the fi rst-round of a tourna-ment for almost any team in our league.”

continued from page 12

M. hockey ties HarvardTHE BROWN DAILY HERALDWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 PAGE 7

we must love one another or die

courage Rhode Island legisla-tors to express their opposition to the war by exercising the power of the purse, said Bucky Rogers ’07.

“We’re hoping that both of the congressmen will be will-ing to make strong public statements in support of vot-ing down the supplementary appropriations bill. That’s goal number one,” he said.

About 15 picketers from the Rhode Island chapters of Mili-tary Families Speak Out andtary Families Speak Out andtary Families Speak OutDeclaration of Peace stood in front of Kennedy’s offi ce, hold-ing signs that read “Urge Ken-nedy to Defund the War” and included his offi ce’s phone number. One sign read, “Bush can ignore you as long as Con-gress funds him.”

Four members of Declara-tion of Peace entered Kenne-dy’s offi ce to seek an audience with him. After being told that he was not there, they gave a solemn presentation, reciting the names of Rhode Island sol-diers killed in Iraq and reading poems and testimony from U.S. troops.

“These sorts of materials are to help them support their opposition of the war and give them more reasons for com-ing out and providing strong leadership,” Rogers told The Herald. “If Congress doesn’t appropriate any more money for continuing military opera-tions in Iraq, then Bush has no other choice than to bring (the troops) home.”

Stephany Kern of the Rhode Island chapter of Military Fam-ilies Speak Out told offi cials Speak Out told offi cials Speak Outfrom Kennedy’s offi ce that she had to send basic necessities — including toilet paper, fi rst aid supplies and walkie-talkies — to her son in Iraq before he was killed there in 2005. If Con-gress wants to use its resourc-es wisely, she said, it should send money and troops to New Orleans instead of Iraq.

Participants in the vigil at Kennedy’s offi ce received train-ing and preparation in non-vio-lent action at a Feb. 10 meeting run by Direct Action for Rights and Equality in Providence.

“We talked a lot about the vi-sion, the theory and the ideals underlying non-violent civil dis-obedience,” said Ingrid O’Brien

’07. “The belief in non-violence informs everything we try to do and the standards we hold ourselves to.”

The training also included precise planning of the logis-tics of the Kennedy demon-stration, as well as exercises in how to engage people who might be argumentative or combative at the event, she said.

Letters sent to both Kenne-dy and Langevin last week by Jacque Amoureux GS called on both to take responsibility for what they have said.

“Congress cannot simulta-neously oppose and fund this war,” Amoureux said in a press release.

Last week, Kennedy called the current war strategy in Iraq a “failure,” and Langevin stated that Iraq’s problems “no longer require a U.S. military solution,” according to press releases from their offices.

Kennedy had offered to meet with members of Mili-tary Families Speak Out and Declaration of Peace at a lat-er date, but the groups de-clined, said George Zainyeh, Kennedy’s Rhode Island chief of staff. Amoureux, a grad stu-dent in political science, said Kennedy’s offer was unaccept-able because the vote on the supplementary appropriations bill would likely come before the proposed meeting date.

“The congressman is con-cerned and sympathetic,” Zainyeh told The Herald, but he maintained that Kennedy could not say how he will vote on the supplementary appro-priations bill because his of-

fice has not yet seen it and does not know when it will come to a vote.

Zainyeh added that Ken-nedy believes “we need to use whichever means are neces-sary” to correct the president’s policies in Iraq and that he will take an active role in writing the appropriations bill that will include war funding.

Dianne Ritchie MPH’03, clinical assistant professor of family medicine and one of the protestors who entered the office, said their reception in Kennedy’s office was respect-ful, but she expressed skepti-cism at their response.

“(Kennedy) always talks about how against the war he is … but he’s not talking about defunding the war and stop-ping it. So, unfortunately, that always leaves a lot of wiggle room,” she said.

Preparation for yester-day’s protest was modeled on a training session hosted by the American Friends Service Committee in preparation for a sit-in that was held at the of-fice of Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., last September as part of the national Declaration of Peace movement.

Rogers cited that demon-stration — in which he, O’Brien and three other Brown stu-dents were arrested on charg-es of trespassing — as having provided momentum for the Kennedy protest.

“A lot of us were inspired by what happened and wanted to keep moving forward with it,” he said. “We (were) able to build a lot more momentum and are heartened by that.”

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007PAGE 8

change approved because it was “not a controversial or policy-changing amend-ment.”

Last November’s UCS vote was 13-6 in favor of the increase, falling short of the required two-thirds majority. In addition, Livengood said, several students who sup-ported the resolution were absent from the meeting.

“They were surprised that it failed,” he said.

Opponents of the resolution were con-cerned that student input was not ade-quately considered, Livengood said.

At-Large Representative Stefan Smith ’09, who opposed the fee increase, said the attempt to pass the increase last Novem-ber was “a hasty play” by Livengood, com-ing at the last general body meeting before Thanksgiving break without enough for-mal student input.

“The problem this year was it wasn’t done until the last minute,” Smith said. He said he would probably support the change to the code so that discussion about chang-es to the fee would continue, though he said he has not yet read the measure.

UCS approved a $10 increase in the stu-dent activities fee in October 2005, raising the annual fee to $146. The council origi-nally approved a $54 increase in the fee, but only the smaller increase took effect, largely because funding for club sports was moved out of the purview of the Un-dergraduate Financial Board and into that of the Department of Athletics at the last minute.

Livengood, who is also a member of UFB, said the increase, along with the re-moval of the burden of funding club sports, had helped clubs’ fi nancial situations. He thought a “modest” increase to keep up with infl ation last fall would have been rea-sonable, he said.

continued from page 1

UCS code change would standardize activities fee talks

continued from page 1

Brown students protest Iraq war at Kennedy’s offi ce

THE BROWN DAILY HERALDWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 PAGE 9

led 20-9. The Bears could beat Columbia only if they could earn the maximum of six points for each of the two matches.

Josh Serene ’10 got the Bears off to a good start at 197 pounds. Serene took out his more experienced opponent, junior Nick Sommerfeld, by employing a patented move. Serene executed a hold across his opponent’s neck, causing Sommerfeld to call three time-outs. The third time he stopped the match, he exceeded the number of allowed injury time-outs and was disqualifi ed, giv-ing the Bears half of their re-quired total.

“I was really nervous going into the match,” said Serene. “I knew I had to win six points somehow for the team to win.”

With Serene’s win, the Bears still trailed the Lions 20-15. For the last match of the dual, Brown sent out its heavyweight veteran and co-captain Levon Mock ’08. With its leader on the mat for the fi nal points, Burch was hopeful heading into the fi -nal dual.

“It’s very diffi cult to pin your opponent in college wrestling … but Levon is a great wrestler and I did not think it was impos-sible for him to win with a fall,”

Burch said.To the jubilation of the Brown

wrestlers and fans, Mock took down his opponent and pinned him in just 46 seconds. This win gave the team another six points, and the Bears stunned Columbia 21-20.

“I heard Columbia’s coach telling my opponent not to get pinned, and that gave me more confi dence,” Mock said.

When asked how he secured the victory for the team, Mock said even though he won the fi -nal match for the team, the vic-tory against Columbia was the result of a collective team ef-fort.

“The younger guys wres-tled very hard on the mat and did not give away extra points,” he said. “Schell, Savino and Se-rene earned extra points for the team that made the team win possible.”

The next day against Cor-nell, Brown’s top wrestlers had strong showings but Bruno could not pull out a victory. The Big Red ran off four straight wins to start the match, but Schell stopped the deluge at 133 when he defeated his oppo-nent with a 2-1 decision thanks to having an advantage in rid-ing time. Savino earned three more points for the Bears as he won an 8-4 decision at 141.

At 157 pounds, Tom Fazio ’09 earned four points for Brown when he defeated his opponent with a major decision of 12-1. Lenny Maradino ’09 and Chris Musser ’09 dropped decisions to close the match, which fi nal-ized the score at 28-10.

In the fi nal dual of the sea-son, Brown defeated Delaware State 42-7. The Bears recorded 24 points due to forfeits by the Hornets, and took decisions at 184 and 141, an injury default at 149 and a pin at 157.

“The team peaked at the right time,” said Savino, who won all his matches this past weekend. “The younger wres-tlers had more confi dence and really stepped up. It was a great fi nish (to the dual season). This positive momentum will defi nitely help us in the coming Easterns.”

The wrestling team will compete at the EIWA Cham-pionship at East Stroudsburg University on Mar. 2 and 3. The EIWA is one of the tough-est conferences in the country this year with teams like Cor-nell, Penn and Lehigh Univer-sity in the rankings this week. According to Burch, the three classmates, Schell, Savino and Mock should all be seeded in the top six to eight spots next week.

you’re sick,” Robinson said. “Mi-chael Jordan played better when he was sick, I play better when I’m sick and Marcus plays better when he’s sick. … That three (Marcus made) was deep, and then that running shot — I was like ‘no way that is going in.’ ”

Then at the 6:55 mark, Aldridge crashed the boards off a Huffman miss, snagged the ball out of the air and threw down a thunderous dunk that elicited a roar from the crowd and gave the Bears a 14-point lead. From there the Bears cruised to the 20-point victory. Huffman led the Bears with 14 points, and McAndrew added 11 rebounds to go along with his 13 points.

The previous night against Harvard, the Bears claimed an early lead and never relinquished it. The team went on an 8-0 run to take an 18-6 lead with 11:31 to play in the half. The Crimson closed to 32-29 at the start of the second session, but Brown answered with a 13-3 run to restore its double-digit lead. Harvard inched closer throughout the second half and scored 12 points in the fi nal 4:24 of the game, but Brown made just enough plays to fend off the Har-vard charge.

McAndrew led the way for the Bears with 19 points on 6-for-9 shooting. Huffman chipped in 14 points, and Mark MacDonald had 13.

One of the biggest differences between Friday’s game and the Bears’ 92-88 loss at Cambridge on Jan. 27 was the absence of Bri-an Cusworth, Harvard’s leading scorer. Cusworth’s eligibility ran out after the fall semester, mean-ing the 7-foot, 255-pound center’s last game was the victory over Brown. Robinson commented that he “didn’t think we were going to be able to beat Harvard with Cus-worth, but we came close, so it was nice to beat those guys here.”

On Friday and Saturday the Bears will host Columbia and Cor-nell. Columbia sports an identical 4-6 record in the conference, so the winner of Friday’s game will jump into the top half of the league standings. On Saturday, the Bears will face the league’s third-place team and the league’s top fresh-man and three-pointer shooter, Ryan Wittman.

“This (weekend) will be anoth-er opportunity to come back and play teams that beat you, and we just have to get better, that’s what we’ve been preaching,” Robinson said. “Just get better and we’ll be building something here.”

continued from page 12

M. hoops cruises over Harvard, beats Dartmouth by 20continued from page 12

Grapplers top Wagner, Columbia, Delaware State, fall to Big Red

www.browndailyherald.com

C O R R E C T I O N S P O L I C YThe Brown Daily Herald is committed to providing the Brown University community with the most accurate information possible. Correc-tions may be submitted up to seven calendar days after publication.

C O M M E N T A R Y P O L I C YThe staff editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Brown Daily Herald. The editorial viewpoint does not necessarily refl ect the views of The Brown Daily Herald, Inc. Columns, letters and comics refl ect the opinions of their authors only.

L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R P O L I C YSend letters to letters@browndailyherald.com. Include a telephone number with all letters. The Herald reserves the right to edit all letters for length and cannot assure the publication of any letter. Please limit letters to 250 words. Under special circumstances writers may request anonym-ity, but no letter will be printed if the author’s identity is unknown to the editors. Announcements of events will not be printed.

A D V E R T I S I N G P O L I C YThe Brown Daily Herald, Inc. reserves the right to accept or decline any advertisement at its discretion.

Lydia GidwitzLindsey MeyersStephanie BernhardStu WooSimmi AujlaSara MolinaroRoss FrazierJacob SchumanMichal ZapendowskiPeter CipparoneJustin GoldmanSarah DemersErin FrauenhoferMadeleine Marecki

Sophie Elsner, Steve DeLucia, Designers

Ayelet Brinn, Chris Gang, Ted Lamm, Copy Editors

THE BROWN DAILY HERALD

Eunice HongChristopher BennettJacob Melrose

Photo EditorPhoto Editor

Sports Photo Editor

PHOTO Hillary DixlerMelanie DuchTaryn MartinezRajiv JayadevanMindy Smith

POST- MAGAZINE

Managing EditorManaging EditorManaging Editor

Features EditorFeatures Editor

Mandeep GillAlly OuhDarren BallDan DeNorchLaurie-Ann PaliottiSusan Dansereau

BUSINESS

General ManagerGeneral Manager

Executive ManagerExecutive Manager

Sr. Advertising Manager Offi ce Manager

Steve DeLuciaChris GangMark BrinkerRoxanne PalmerLuke Harris

PRODUCTIONDesign Editor

Copy Desk ChiefGraphics EditorGraphics Editor

Web Editor

EDITORIAL

Arts & Culture EditorArts & Culture Editor

Features EditorFeatures Editor

Metro EditorMetro EditorNews Editor

Opinions EditorOpinions Editor

Sports EditorSports Editor

Asst. Sports EditorAsst. Sports EditorAsst. Sports Editor

Editors-in-ChiefEric Beck

Mary-Catherine Lader

Executive EditorsAllison KwongBen Leubsdorf

Senior EditorsStephen ColelliSonia Saraiya

Senior Staff Writers Rachel Arndt, Michael Bechek, Oliver Bowers, Zachary Chapman, Chaz Firestone, Kristina Kelleher, Debbie Lehmann, Scott Lowenstein, James Shapiro, Michael SkocpolStaff Writers Susana Aho, Taylor Barnes, Evan Boggs, Alissa Cerny, Irene Chen, Stewart Dearing, Nicole Dungca, Hannah Furst, Sarah Geller, Thi Ho, Rebecca Jacobson, Tsvetina Kamenova, Hannah Levintova, Abe Lubetkin, Christian Martell, Taryn Martinez, Zachary McCune, Jennifer Park, Nathalie Pierrepont, Kam Sripada, Robin Steele, Spencer Trice, Sara Walter, Allissa Wickham, Max WinogradSports Staff Writers Amy Ehrhart, Kaitlyn Laabs, Eliza Lane, Kathleen Loughlin, Megan McCahill, Marco Santini, Tom Trudeau, Steele WestAccount Administrators Emilie Aries, Alexander HughesDesign Staff Brianna Barzola, Aurora Durfee, Sophie Elsner, Christian Martell, Matthew McCabe, Ezra MillerPhoto Staff Stuart Duncan-Smith, Austin Freeman, Tai Ho ShinCopy Editors Ayelet Brinn, Catherine Cullen, Erin Cummings, Karen Evans, Jacob Frank, Ted Lamm, Lauren Levitz, Cici Matheny, Alex Mazerov, Ezra Miller, Joy Neumeyer, Madeleine Rosenberg, Lucy Stark, Meha Verghese

L E T T E R S

A L E X A N D E R G A R D - M U R R A Y

S T A F F E D I T O R I A L

EDITORIAL & LETTERSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007PAGE 10

Herald insults Guggenheim’s ’86 sleeping ability

Unlike most Brown students, I read The Herald on my computer. I could not help but notice when The Her-ald delivered a coal to Davis Guggenheim ’86 for fall-ing asleep in the Rockefeller Library, The Herald sug-gested he was hitting the ‘e’ key with his nose while sleeping in the Rock (“Diamonds and coal,” Feb. 16). That implies a very awkward sleeping position, with

the head jutting off the keyboard at a scary angle. Seeing as he is somebody who could “out-sleep” any-one at the Rock, I think The Herald insults the skills of one of our most renowned alumni.

Michael Morgenstern ’08Feb. 20

To the Editor:

C L A R I F I C A T I O N

An article in The Herald (“Stanford humanities faculty to receive $5,000,” Feb. 7) that reported that Stanford University will provide $5,000 annually in discretionary funding to each of its 220 tenured and tenure-track humanities faculty indicated that the total cost will be approximately $500,000 to $600,000. This amount is ad-ditional funding that will supplement $500,000 to $600,000 in existing funds to pay for the grants.

A chance victoryThe resolution of Lance Williams ’72 and Mark Fainaru-Wada’s legal limbo is a huge personal victory for the two investigative reporters and a small triumph for journalists in America.

Williams and Fainaru-Wada exposed one of the biggest scandals in the his-tory of professional baseball and did a service to the country in the process. Last fall, Williams told The Herald he was proud of the work he and Fainaru-Wada had done in bringing the BALCO scandal to light. He hoped young ath-letes reading “Game of Shadows” might realize the dangers posed by steroid use and would think twice before using performance-enhancing drugs.

Still, it’s hard to overlook the reality that the two men are free because their source, a former defense lawyer, decided to step forward and admit to leaking sealed grand jury testimonies to the two writers. In all likelihood, Williams would have landed in jail had his source chosen to maintain silence.

The legal resolution to this case is only a temporary victory for the Ameri-can press. It provides no assurance of future protection to journalists, who pro-vide a public service others cannot and will not provide. As Williams hinted in today’s Herald, reporting a sensitive story with meaningful infl uence in today’s climate is nearly impossibly without promising some sources the confi dential-ity need to access crucial information. Given the continued importance of con-fi dential sources, lawmakers must consider passing some form of protection for reporters so journalists can continue to do their jobs effectively.

Without a shield law, it is already becoming more diffi cult to imagine a story like the one Williams reported becoming public. Whistleblowers are less likely to step forward if their identities are in danger of being revealed. But it certainly seems as though court pressure on reporters is not going to soften anytime soon.

Finding out that you won’t have to serve jail-time would brighten anyone’s day. But beyond the initial relief of the Williams decision, much work remains to be done to ensure the continued freedom of America’s press.

A past generation may have taken to the streets to protest the war in Viet-nam, but after nearly four years in Iraq, our peers and classmates are pro-testing a supplementary funding bill outside the offi ce of a congressman opposed to the war in the fi rst place.

Though the candlelit vigil students held outside Rep. Patrick Kennedy’s offi ce yesterday evening helped refute accusations of apathy thrown in the general direction of our generation, the convoluted objective of the protest is a sad reminder of the complicated state of debate over the war.

Protesting a war by advocating a progressive anti-war congressman to withhold support for a supplementary funding bill that has yet to be drafted is a convoluted response to a convoluted confl ict. But as members of Con-gress opposed to the war fail to offer alternatives, students eager to demon-strate their opposition to the war have limited outlets for expression. Last week’s congressional deliberations on the war — the fi rst since Democrats took both houses in November — signaled that congressional power may complicate, if not halt, the President’s plan. And since cutting off funding for the war seems to be one of the only hopes for ending the confl ict before President Bush leaves offi ce in 2009, the protest’s aim was not as arcane as it might seem on fi rst blush.

As the direction of dialogue about the war — whether protest or con-gressional debate — remains cloudy, it is all too easy to simply look away and try to avoid news from the Middle East. So, regardless of students’ own views on the war, we’re glad some of us cared enough to spend part of the long weekend speaking out.

A messy debate

Won’t somebody please think of the children?

Write letters.

letters@browndailyherald.com

OPINIONSTHE BROWN DAILY HERALDWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 PAGE 11

“Patriotism”: An army of the misled?

One would expect President George W. Bush, our commander in chief and a strong support-er of “supporting our troops,” to argue that the salaries of people in the military should be raised. While visiting the New York Stock Exchange trading fl oor recently, he said, “The fact is that income inequality is real. It has been rising for more than 25 years. The earnings gap is now twice as wide as it was in 1980.” He went on to advocate for more educa-tion and training in order to lift salaries.

Raising the salaries for members of the military would certainly be a very effective way to begin remedying income inequality in the nation. The National Priorities Project think tank found that two-thirds of the na-tion’s recruits come from communities pop-ulated by lower-income families. Nearly half of them come from neighborhoods where the median household income is below the national median of $43,000. The counties with the highest recruitment rates have dra-matically lower household incomes. Media Mouse, an independent media company, found that the people recruited from low-in-come areas are predominantly people of col-or. One of the methods that the government uses to fi nd these fi nancially disadvantaged people is the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This act contains a provision requiring all public high schools to submit the contact

information of their students to military re-cruiters. According to a budget breakdown cruiters. According to a budget breakdown cruiters. Aby the War Resisters League, our govern-ment currently spends nearly $991 billion on the military while at the same time only spending $73 billion on education.

Many people join the military for the promise of opportunities and resources in or-der to pursue higher education and a career after their training is complete. The army highlights its top G.I. Bill award for college of $70,000 when it recruits. However, the re-cruiters will probably not mention that 43 percent of veterans never receive the award because it requires $100 of the veteran’s own paycheck each month for the fi rst year in or-der to qualify. For an army private fi rst class in 2005, the pay was $14,822 a year. Combat pay, for those in Iraq is another $225 a month, and more if one has kids at home. Those in the military are obviously not experiencing great fi nancial success or contributing to President Bush’s hopes of a country with more income equality while they are actively enrolled. Af-ter serving in the military, not only do many veterans never receive the money they ex-pected for college, but they earn between 11 and 19 percent less than non-veterans of simi-lar backgrounds. The Department of Veteran Affairs estimates that one-third of homeless people are veterans. Given Bush’s statement at the NYSE, it seems that enlisting is some-what counterproductive to creating a country with greater fi nancial equality, as the military condemns many people to economic hard-ship. In addition, the D.C. Anti-War Network found that with the $150 billion spent on the war in Iraq, the United States could have in-stead funded 7,640,330 four-year scholarships

to public universities or global anti-hunger ef-forts for six years. Distributing the $150 bil-lion this way could certainly help combat in-come inequality.

I wonder how fi nancially disadvantaged people who are recruited for the military would feel if they knew that, according to Time, Vice President Dick Cheney has helped give government contracts to Halliburton, the company of which he used to be CEO and in which he currently holds stock. How would they feel if they knew Halliburton describes counterterrorism as an “opportunity for growth” in its annual report? Would they feel differently about “defending” their country if they knew, according to The New Yorker, that The New Yorker, that The New YorkerCheney had been looking to “capture new and existing oil and gas fi elds” in Iraq before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks?

The military has become a mechanism to mislead young fi nancially disadvantaged people. Until the national budget is changed to encourage those who live below the na-tional median income to actually seek formal education and fi nancial success as much as it encourages them to join the military, then I think dissent is the only acceptable reaction to military recruitment. I recognize that having armed forces for the purpose of national pro-tection and the pursuit of international human rights is necessary. However, as it stands, I believe military recruitment is unpatriotic, as it perpetuates a system in which some of our nation’s poorest citizens suffer incredibly due to the income inequality in our country.

Michael Ramos-Lynch ’09 is looking for a toy Cheney fi gure with k arate chop action.

The iPhone

Apple’s desire to enter the cell phone mar-ket was one of the worst-kept secrets in the technology industry. Yet when Steve Jobs, the company’s iconic CEO, fi nally unveiled the long awaited iPhone this past month, he some-how managed to shock the world — again.

High-profi le product launches are not un-familiar to Jobs and his beloved company. In 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh, which forever changed the entire PC business, and in 2001, he slyly removed an iPod from his pocket to begin a similar revolution in the mu-sic business.

The question arises: does Steve Jobs really think that he has the capability to powerfully alter a third industry?

I haven’t had a chance to personally use an iPhone— very few people in the world have, since it’s still an advanced prototype that won’t be released to the public until June. So this column isn’t a review — it’s my take on the potential of the device to do as Jobs says and change the way we conceive of mobile phones.

People often don’t realize that it was Apple who innovated the way we control PCs by in-troducing the mouse with its 1984 Macintosh computer. So what mouse-like mechanism did Steve Jobs & Co. dream up to innovate the way we control mobile phones? In this case, they used something quite familiar — our fi ngers. The iPhone is entirely controlled through your bare hands. The face of the de-vice is a 3.5-inch, ultra high-resolution touch-screen that requires no stylus to use. In fact, there are only four physical buttons on the new iPhone: a Home button right beneath the touchscreen, and volume up/down, ringer on/off and sleep/wake buttons on the side.

On the bottom of the home screen, there are four virtual touch-buttons: “Phone,” “Mail,” “Web” and “iPod.” A touch of any of these with your fi nger takes you to that re-spective specialized section. Press “Phone,”

for instance, and you are transported to a screen fi lled with your contacts. New virtual buttons appear on the bottom for options such as “Favorites,” “Recents” and “Voicemail.” It’s amazing how the laws of physics don’t ap-ply when all buttons are simply images on a screen.

Jobs claimed the iPhone is not only a revo-lutionary phone but that “it’s the best iPod the company has ever made.” On paper, it’s hard to argue. The touch-screen interface seems well suited for an entirely new iPod experi-ence. Scrolling is accomplished through fl icks of your fi ngers, and snazzy visual effects that make the screen appear to actually respond to the speed of your fl ick.

The video experience also seems supe-rior to Apple’s current iPod offerings. That’s because the iPhone packs an accelerometer that detects when you rotate the phone and automatically switches the screen into a wi-descreen format, which is better for watching movies. Very cool.

The iPhone also sports well-developed Internet capabilities. You can use the device with virtually any e-mail service, and it sports a full-fl edged version of Apple’s web browser, Safari, for viewing Web pages. The iPhone can connect to the Internet in two different ways — through an integrated Wi-Fi connection and over Cingular’s EDGE network, the only cell phone network the iPhone will work on.

Whoa! Wait, stop the music, and remove the crown from Steve Jobs’ head. That’s right, I just said there was an exclusive network. The iPhone is only available for Cingular cus-tomers. Let my criticisms begin…

In order to purchase an iPhone, you will pay either $499 for the 4 GB version or $599 for the 8 GB version, after you’ve signed up for a two-year agreement with Cingular. That’s a lot of money to pay and a long commitment to make, even if you’re already a Cingular cus-tomer, and you’ll pay a lot more in confusion and frustration if you have to switch carriers.

Apple’s choice to go with Cingular’s EDGE as opposed to its faster 3G network is dubious. Technically, this relates to the speed of Inter-net browsing you’ll experience when using

the iPhone. On the current EDGE network, speeds will feel very similar to old dial-up con-nections, while 3G offers speeds comparable to broadband. That’s a big difference.

Yet my main point of concern with the iPhone is this: whoever said that the mass-es crave convergence? Is it that hard to car-ry around an iPod and a phone with you? Doesn’t convergence just mean that you are even more screwed when one device breaks? Not to mention the fact that the perennial con-cern of battery life must be seriously consid-ered if you’re going to combine your iPod and cell phone. The iPhone is rated at fi ve hours for talking, video watching and web browsing and 16 hours for playing music. Yet, if you lis-ten to music, you are simultaneously draining the battery on your phone.

Then there’s the issue of the touch-screen. There’s simply no substitute for tactile feed-back. Serious Blackberry users who rely on those plastic keyboards for constant e-mail-ing will undoubtedly feel awkward tapping a screen, no matter how well Apple implements the system.

Despite all these grumblings, I can’t legiti-mately argue that many of them matter. Twen-ty-fi ve mobile phones are sold per second in the world today. Apple need only tap into the tiniest fraction of that market to declare its ini-tial foray into the business a success.

And most importantly, there exists Steve Jobs’s infamous “reality distortion fi eld.” This is when Mr. Jobs imposes his will and charis-ma to distort a customer or employee’s per-ception of reality. It makes you concerned with being stylish and chic as opposed to eco-nomical and functional.

I have read enough about the man and his company to be fully aware of this, and I’ve ana-lyzed the iPhone enough to conclude that the device has several rational shortcomings. So what’s my fi nal verdict?

Reality is overrated.

Bart Stein ’09 is The Herald’s technology col-umnist. If you don’t read his columns, you are

likely to be left behind.

MICHAEL RAMOS-LYNCHOPINIONS COLUMNIST

BY BART STEINTECHNOLOGY COLUMNISTTECHNOLOGY COLUMNISTTECHNOLOGY

Shortening orientation is a

bad idea

LEIDEN, Netherlands — “Is it fl ying by yet?” I would ask myself every night of Orientation week two-and-a-half years ago, lying in my new bed in Keeney Quad-rangle. “No,” I would assure myself, and then, exhausted from a day full of activi-ties, I would fall asleep.

I was catching up on some cam-pus news on The Herald Web site the other day when I read that the faculty had decided to reduce Orientation to three days (“Faculty unanimously ap-proves shorter orientation,” Feb. 7). This shocked me. Orientation week was one of the most informative and excit-ing times I have ever had here at Brown.There were so many activities to acquaint myself with my new home in such a small amount of time. I remember with each event I attended, I would try to talk to as many people as I could. I would ask my-self, “Is this guy going to be my best friend here at college?” or “Could she end up be-ing my girlfriend some day?” I would spec-ulate about the places I was seeing on cam-pus. Would I end up spending my morn-ings in the Blue Room or sit on the Main Green on sunny afternoons? I wondered how long it would take me to get used to navigating the campus. Even after Orien-tation, I was still afraid of getting lost.

I was so completely immersed in ac-climatizing to the University that I did not even have time to think about the start of classes. I remember one afternoon on the third or fourth day of orientation, I was feverishly digging through all the papers and pamphlets I had received throughout the week, trying to fi nd out where they were even starting.

All of this may seem inane in retrospect. But it is a major shift in our lives when we go from being high school graduates to college freshmen. And this takes time. Sure, the University could compress the myriad of welcoming activities into three days of fanfare, and certainly many of the activities could be scheduled alongside classes, but this would not allow freshmen the time to truly become acquainted with what life will be like at Brown — before the onset of academic stress.

The faculty’s decision is deeply con-trary to the student-oriented focus of the University. Brown understands that it is unlike other educational institutions in that, in so many ways, it provides a greater degree of support to its undergraduate stu-dents. With the extensive peer and dean academic advising programs, the freedom and respect for students demonstrated by the New Curriculum and the University’s comprehensive funding for student clubs and activities, Brown is unquestionably student-focused. And up until its recent decision, Brown has been exemplary for having an entire week for freshman and international student orientation.

Orientation is about much more than talent shows or theatrical lessons about cultural diversity or academic adviser meetings. It is more than merely start-ing school. Freshmen need a week of Ori-entation to settle into the Brown campus. They need time to be on campus with a minimum of worries and responsibilities. Orientation, with its scheduled events, as well as its free time, is about nurturing freshmen through a turbulent transition. For the sake of all future matriculating classes, I strongly urge the faculty to re-consider its decision.

Paul Monnes ’08 is currently studying abroad in the Netherlands.

BY PAUL MONNESGUEST COLUMNIST ABROADGUEST COLUMNIST ABROADGUEST COL

The wrestling team fi nished its dual season on a high note after taking three of four matches at the Pizzitola Center over the long weekend. On Friday, the team faced off against Wagner Univer-sity and Columbia. After Brown blanked Wagner 46-0, it secured the maximum 12 points over the fi nal two matches to stun the Li-ons, 21-20 in the second match.

The next day, the Bears bat-tled No. 12 Cornell and Delaware State University. The team fell short against the Big Red, losing 28-10. The Bears then beat Dela-ware Sate 42-7 in their last dual match of the season. The three victories over the weekend im-proved Brown’s record to 6-12 overall, and 4-7 in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Asso-ciation.

The weekend kicked off with a dual against Wagner. The Bears took control of the meet from the beginning with a pin at the 125-pound weight class by Greg Ein-frank ’10. Brown proceeded to

dominate every match, tallying fi ve pins, one major decision, two decisions and a forfeit in the shutout victory

With one win under its belt, the team faced Ivy League op-ponent Columbia. Entering the dual, Columbia was just outside the nation’s Top 25 and second in the Ivy League after upsetting the 16th-ranked University of Pennsylvania. The Quakers de-feated Brown 33-4. Earlier this year, the Bears, undaunted, took

Columbia down in the closest dual of the year.

The match was tightly contest-ed from the start. In the opening match, Columbia’s Brandon Kin-ney defeated Einfrank 5-3 at 125. The win gave the Lions a three-point lead, but Jeff Schell ’08 im-mediately tied the score when he defeated his opponent by a score of 2-0 at the 133-pound weight class. The win was an important one for Schell heading into the postseason.

“Schell’s win against Colum-bia will be very important to him in the seeding for Easterns,” said Assistant Coach Mike Burch. “He beat the same kid who had defeated him earlier this sea-son.”

At 141 pounds, Mark Savino ’08 recorded a takedown of his opponent just seconds into the match. Savino increased his com-manding lead to 14-3 with only 10 seconds left in the third and fi nal period, but the Bears then

received a boost from the refer-ee who disqualifi ed Columbia’s Jerome Greco for stalling. The decision gave the Bears an extra two points from the match and a 9-3 lead in the team score.

But the Bears’ momentum halted there. Starting at 149 pounds, the Lions picked up fi ve wins in a row, three decisions and two major decisions. With two matches remaining, Columbia

SPORTS WEDNESDAYTHE BROWN DAILY HERALDWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007 PAGE 12

This weekend, the men’s hock-ey team (9-12-6 overall, 5-11-4 ECACHL) played at home for the last time during the regular sea-son. The team lost to Dartmouth, 4-3 on Friday night and tied Har-vard, 6-6 on Saturday in two im-portant ECACHL contests. De-spite fi nishing with a loss and a tie, the competitiveness of the games was befi tting of the Bears’ last home games of the season.

Friday’s game began with Brown dominating play, but un-necessary penalties and several costly mistakes helped the Big Green pull out the win. On Sat-urday, Bruno played in front of a large and energetic crowd at Meehan Auditorium and came back from a two-goal defi cit in the fi nal fi ve minutes to tie the Crim-son 6-6.

“This weekend we did some great things,” said Head Coach Roger Grillo. “The problem is, the weekend before, our penal-ty kill was great, and our power play was weak. This weekend, it fl ip-fl opped. We have to stop the fl ip-fl opping and be more consis-tent.”

Brown jumped all over the Big Green from the fi rst dropped puck, almost slipping one past the visiting goaltender right off the opening face-off to earn a quick lead. This fi rst offensive oppor-tunity was thwarted, but at 3:56 the Bears tallied their fi rst score when forward Brian Ihnacak ’07 scored a power-play goal off a pass from forward Ryan Garbutt ’09. Forward Sean McMonagle ’10 also earned an assist on the goal.

But Dartmouth tied the game less than a minute later, taking advantage of a three-on-two rush 4:42 into the period. The rest of the fi rst 20 minutes of play re-mained scoreless, and the teams headed into their respective lock-er rooms tied at 1-1. In the second period, Dartmouth’s strong pow-er-play unit then scored two con-secutive goals at 6:35 and 8:51 of the period, making the Bears def-icit two at 3-1.

Rallying back, forward Jeff Prough ’08, Brown’s leading scor-er, took advantage of a man-up situation when he received a pass at 11:29 in the high slot from de-fenseman Sean Hurley ’08 and ri-fl ed a low shot past the Big Green goalie. Unfortunately for the Bears, Dartmouth regained its two-goal lead with 45 seconds left in the period, bringing the score to 4-2.

Just 31 seconds into the third

period, forward Matt Vokes ’09 tipped Hurley’s shot from the point into the net on a power play, bringing the team to within one goal again. Brown had an op-portunity to win the game when Dartmouth took a penalty with 52 seconds left in the game and the Bears pulled goaltender Dan Rosen ’10 for a six-on-four advan-tage, but Brown was unable to get the equalizer.

“I would say that we started out well, but there were just too many little things that we didn’t do, things that are important if you want to win,” said forward Chris Poli ’08. “There was a long period of time when we didn’t play smart, and that’s what killed us. Against a good team like Dart-mouth, you can’t afford to do that.”

The following night, the Bears

M. icers tie Harvard in fi nal home gameSPORTS STAFF WRITER

BY ELIZA LANEThis weekend, the men’s basket-ball team had its most successful Friday-Saturday showing in a long time. The Bears beat Harvard 70-66, then trounced Dartmouth 53-33 the following night to capture both home games on the weekend. With the wins, the Bears improved to 9-16 overall and 4-6 in the Ivy League and jumped into a tie for fourth place in the conference.

The wins marked the fi rst time the Bears had won two games in a weekend of Ivy play since beat-ing the Crimson and Big Green on Feb. 27 and 28 in 2004. Consider-ing Brown plays two games nearly every weekend of Ivy League play, Head Coach Craig Robinson said the team was glad to fi nally com-plete a weekend sweep.

“Mark (McAndrew ’08) actual-ly told me that this is the fi rst time the juniors had won two games in a weekend. That’s terrible,” Rob-inson said. “Hopefully this will be one of many fi rsts, so I’m really happy for these kids.”

The Bears completed the tri-umphant weekend by crushing Dartmouth, but the beginning of the contest did not look so rosy. The Bears suffered a prolonged scoring drought at the start of the game. They tallied just 11 points in the fi rst 16:24 of the fi rst half, in-cluding only two fi eld goals in that span. Robinson thought the slow start could be attributed to the team’s collective butterfl ies.

“I told these guys (before the game) that this was an opportuni-ty to jump over a few teams in the league, so this is a big game for us, and let’s treat it like a big game,” he said. “That creates some nerves. I mean these guys are still young and young at winning, and

they were nervous at fi rst because I injected that.”

Damon Huffman ’08 noticed sloppy play from both squads. “It was like nothing was working for both teams. It was like a stalemate, it was just a bad start,” he said.

“It was like we were stuck in quicksand,” McAndrew added.

But just when it looked like the Bears were going under, their de-fense turned the tide of the game. Facing a 16-11 defi cit with 4:28 to play in the fi rst half, the Bears began to trap aggressively at half court. The pressure forced the Big Green into turnovers on eight of their last 10 possessions of the half. The Bears converted these turnovers into trips to the foul line and easy baskets, triggering a 13-0 run to close the half leading 24-16. McAndrew scored seven of his eventual 13 points during the run.

One of the factors in the run and eventual victory was the com-bined play of guard Marcus Beck-er ’07 and reserve forward Colin Aldridge ’10. Despite feeling un-der-the-weather throughout the game, Becker ignited the Bears’ run with two steals. When Al-dridge replaced Becker with two minutes to go in the half, Aldridge ably trapped the Dartmouth ball-handler, causing another turn-over. Aldridge’s play “got every-one excited,” Robinson said, be-cause “he’s probably the guy at practice … who takes the brunt of it as freshmen go.”

Aldridge and Becker continued to spark the Bears in the second half. Becker beat the shot clock on back-to-back possessions with a three-pointer and a fl oater in the lane to extend the Bears’ lead to 10 with 10:44 to play.

“You always play better when

M. hoops hangs on against Harvard, stifl es Dartmough in blowoutBY PETER CIPPARONESPORTS EDITOR

Jacob Melrose / HeraldSean Hurley ’08 scored with 12 seconds left allowing the Bears to salvage a 6-6 tie versus Harvard on Saturday night. The game was the fi nal appearance at Meehan Auditorium for Sean Dersch ’07, Brian Ihnacak ’07 and Antonin Roux ’07.

continued on page 7continued on page 9

Jacob Melrose / HeraldThe wrestling team (right) celebrates after Levon Mock ‘08 (left) pinned Columbia’s Angelo D’Amico in 43 seconds to complete the Bears’ come-from-behind victory over the Lions on Friday. The win marks the Bears’ fi rst win over Columbia since 2002.

Grapplers top Wagner, Columbia, Delaware State, fall to Big RedBY HAN CUICONTRIBUTING WRITER

continued on page 9